Opinion
2013-06-26
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jesus FUENTES, appellant.
Jesus Fuentes, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Michael Blakey of counsel), for respondent.
Jesus Fuentes, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Michael Blakey of counsel), for respondent.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (James H. Miller III of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated January 28, 2002 ( People v. Fuentes, 290 A.D.2d 563, 737 N.Y.S.2d 106,cert. denied537 U.S. 1201, 123 S.Ct. 1295, 154 L.Ed.2d 1041), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered July 30, 1998.
ORDERED that the application is denied.
The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel ( see *910Jones v. Barnes, 463 U.S. 745, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987;People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883).